Shakespeare's Othello

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Before you read...get to know Shakespeare and his times:  

	The Globe Theatre ...The Globe theatre surely had an impact on Shakespeare's writing.  Check it out and see if you can make the connections to events in Othello.
	Elizabethan England  This is a great comprehensive site dedicated to life in Elizabethan England
	The Authorship debate  Is it possible that William Shakespeare was not the bard?  It is believed by many that William Shakespeare did not write his 37 plays and 154 sonnets!  Check out some arguments for other potential writers and for Shakespeare himself.
	Get the facts on the Bard himself!

      

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     Shakespeare's Dentist   This is a fun pre-reading assignment based on the crude methods of dentistry in Shakespeare's time.  From Ray Saitz' web site.

     Pre-reading speech  Here is a challenging activity to get you in the mind of a couple of the characters in Othello.

    Reading Log  If you're stuggling with your reading log(journal), check this out for hints and ideas.

     Tragic Hero Bust

    Persuasion

            Media Awareness assignment  
                  
    Reputation  

     Questions    Here are questions that you should be able to answer for a basic understanding of Othello.

                           Act One      Act Two        Act Three        Act Four        Act Five

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 Check out info. about some major themes and issues in Othello:

Race:
  Outsiders: black   ...a page about the treatment of blacks in London in the late 1600's.

   THE ROMANTIC IAGO??   Can you really fool all of the people all of the time?  Read Tucker Brooke's alternative analysis of Iago's character.